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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelMost of the works of literature contain the
writers"ideas including their social criticism.To
express them effectively,many writers use indirect
methods to arouse the reader's sympathy and to avoid
didactic writings.One of the indirect methods is satire
in which the writers do not.say what,they really mean
but the opposite.In this case,satire can be an essen
tial device to bring about their thought.
Charles Dickens ? Martin Chuzzlewit which is
going to be analyzed is a social satire.Dickens sati -
rizes the defect of American society in contrast to the
American Idealism.In Martin Chuzzlewit Dickens
ridicules American ?s obsession with money,selfishness
and hypocrisy.Besides,Charles Dickens also wants to
satirize the discrepancy between American's oratory
about democracy and its practices.
The thesis writer is interested in choosing
"A Satire on American Society in Nineteenth Century as
Seen through Charles Dickens ? Martin Chuz z 1 ew i t 11 as her
topic because the United State of America is a super -
power country.The United State of America,because of
its advancement in policy,technology,invention,education,
economy and military,becomes the central focus of other
nations.Besides,America also plays an important role
in international affair.It makes the writer of this
thesis wants to know more about,its society.Fortunately,Charles Dickens,a famous and great novelist who
wrote Martin Chuzzlewit after his visit to the United
States of America,gives his reader a very clear and
vivid picture of American manner and attitude a.s well as
the way of life of American society.Martin Chuzzlewit
contains what Dickens experienced and what he had come
to believe about American society.This arouses the
thesis writer ?s curiosity on Dickens-? opinion about
American society and the technique;used by Dickens in
satirizing the society as well as what Dickens thinks
needs reforming.In order to be able to find out the
answer,the thesis writer conduct an analysis by using
literary approach and library research.
Efased on the result,of the analysis,it is
concluded that Dickens satirizes the American society
for its materialistic,practical way of life.